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Powerlines
A Member Challenge using the Advanced Editing VII rules.

Description
Are they monstrous eyesores, or elegant sentinels? Instead of using your clone tool to get rid of them, make overhead power transmission lines or the equipment to support them the subject of your photograph.

Submission Dates:
  Nov 30 2009 - Dec 6 2009

Voting Dates:
  Dec 7 2009 - Dec 13 2009

Submissions: 88
Disqualifications: 2
Votes: 12,590
Comments: 609

Average Score: 5.61247
Highest Score: 7.0533
Median Score: 5.6862
Lowest Score: 3.6939


Results for Powerlines:
Challenge Results for Powerlines
Sources
by Louis

1st place with an
average vote of 7.0533

Views: 4868 (297 during voting)
Votes: 150
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.575
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 7.227
P O W E R G R I D
by hotpasta

2nd place with an
average vote of 6.7095

Views: 5062 (328 during voting)
Votes: 148
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.000
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.981
Into The Abyss
by scarbrd

3rd place with an
average vote of 6.6276

Views: 4495 (255 during voting)
Votes: 145
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.000
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.867
Beauty in Necessity?
by one2one

4th place with an
average vote of 6.6133

Views: 2264 (268 during voting)
Votes: 150
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.238
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.759
The Source
by david_c

5th place with an
average vote of 6.5000

Views: 2390 (308 during voting)
Votes: 150
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.452
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.519
Sunset Power
by taburton

6th place with an
average vote of 6.4792

Views: 2056 (268 during voting)
Votes: 144
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.975
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.673
Uncloneable
by androgeus

7th place with an
average vote of 6.4685

Views: 1598 (245 during voting)
Votes: 143
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.195
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.578
The Forest That Grandpa Built.
by rooum

8th place with an
average vote of 6.4527

Views: 2005 (313 during voting)
Votes: 148
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.462
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.450
Powerline Perch
by tfarrell23

9th place with an
average vote of 6.3378

Views: 1495 (267 during voting)
Votes: 148
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.293
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.355
Powering Transit
by banmorn

10th place with an
average vote of 6.2819

Views: 1428 (249 during voting)
Votes: 149
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.875
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.431
Silent Night
by KaDi

11th place with an
average vote of 6.2653

Views: 1495 (245 during voting)
Votes: 147
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.025
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.355
Powerful Sunrise
by sfalice

12th place with an
average vote of 6.2397

Views: 1107 (264 during voting)
Votes: 146
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.975
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.340
don't look down
by Lutchenko

13th place with an
average vote of 6.2381

Views: 1051 (326 during voting)
Votes: 147
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.769
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.407
Bird on a Wire
by DarrylWhaley

14th place with an
average vote of 6.2128

Views: 1185 (325 during voting)
Votes: 141
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.615
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.441
Desert power
by Motek

15th place with an
average vote of 6.2083

Views: 1194 (249 during voting)
Votes: 144
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.692
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.400
Snow Storm and a Lonely Light Bulb
by jimbone

16th place with an
average vote of 6.1633

Views: 995 (283 during voting)
Votes: 147
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.122
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.179
storms a comming ..
by ralph

17th place with an
average vote of 6.1575

Views: 903 (233 during voting)
Votes: 146
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.833
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.289
The Benefactors
by odriew

18th place with an
average vote of 6.1310

Views: 925 (259 during voting)
Votes: 145
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.525
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.362
The Meeting Place
by vawendy

19th place with an
average vote of 6.1172

Views: 958 (268 during voting)
Votes: 145
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.927
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.192
Power To The People
by gsal

20th place with an
average vote of 6.0775

Views: 1029 (245 during voting)
Votes: 142
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.025
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.098
Crossroads
by rkligman

21st place with an
average vote of 6.0694

Views: 839 (258 during voting)
Votes: 144
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.850
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.154
Morning Fog
by bmatt17

22nd place with an
average vote of 6.0272

Views: 804 (253 during voting)
Votes: 147
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.902
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.076
Linea Elettrica
by delin

23rd place with an
average vote of 6.0272

Views: 728 (276 during voting)
Votes: 147
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.976
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.047
Power Break
by jomerner

24th place with an
average vote of 5.9861

Views: 816 (266 during voting)
Votes: 144
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.590
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.133
quiet conductors
by skewsme

25th place with an
average vote of 5.9650

Views: 848 (252 during voting)
Votes: 143
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.000
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.952
Tower Of Power
by ThingFish

26th place with an
average vote of 5.9650

Views: 857 (250 during voting)
Votes: 143
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.500
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.133
Winter Powerline
by chickadeezl

27th place with an
average vote of 5.9521

Views: 1073 (276 during voting)
Votes: 146
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.525
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.113
The Grid
by dtallakson

28th place with an
average vote of 5.9306

Views: 722 (243 during voting)
Votes: 144
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.550
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.077
From Below
by peter

29th place with an
average vote of 5.9172

Views: 783 (277 during voting)
Votes: 145
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.425
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.105
POWERful background
by edmeng

30th place with an
average vote of 5.9128

Views: 839 (313 during voting)
Votes: 149
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.821
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.946
Clouded
by Pug-H

31st place with an
average vote of 5.8750

Views: 716 (256 during voting)
Votes: 144
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.641
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.962
Clean, Efficient, & Economical.....
by NikonJeb

32nd place with an
average vote of 5.8462

Views: 880 (295 during voting)
Votes: 143
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.342
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.029
In Over His Head
by kingskingdom

33rd place with an
average vote of 5.8112

Views: 1674 (374 during voting)
Votes: 143
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.730
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.840
Powered Sunset
by vlado

34th place with an
average vote of 5.8041

Views: 789 (284 during voting)
Votes: 148
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.625
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.870
They can be ploughed down!
by Glanni

35th place with an
average vote of 5.7793

Views: 619 (283 during voting)
Votes: 145
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.462
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.896
were the powerlines meet
by TrollMan

36th place with an
average vote of 5.7635

Views: 857 (254 during voting)
Votes: 148
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.692
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.789
Iron Man
by wolf

37th place with an
average vote of 5.7606

Views: 882 (231 during voting)
Votes: 142
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.550
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.843
Just Hangin
by RamblinR

38th place with an
average vote of 5.7568

Views: 675 (260 during voting)
Votes: 148
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.590
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.817
High Wire
by kettle

39th place with an
average vote of 5.7448

Views: 768 (240 during voting)
Votes: 145
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.256
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.925
Pylon 161
by Bear_Music

40th place with an
average vote of 5.7397

Views: 764 (232 during voting)
Votes: 146
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.475
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.840
230,000 Volts
by Venom

41st place with an
average vote of 5.7279

Views: 695 (243 during voting)
Votes: 147
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.357
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.876
Into the belly of the beast
by bob_bobski

42nd place with an
average vote of 5.7163

Views: 639 (281 during voting)
Votes: 141
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.410
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.833
Middlemark
by MaryO

43rd place with an
average vote of 5.7034

Views: 843 (241 during voting)
Votes: 145
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.500
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.781
The Power of The Country
by Ivory

44th place with an
average vote of 5.6875

Views: 744 (250 during voting)
Votes: 144
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.395
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.793
Power Tower
by dorseteye

45th place with an
average vote of 5.6849

Views: 844 (267 during voting)
Votes: 146
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.425
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.783
Keeping Prague Moving
by George

46th place with an
average vote of 5.6181

Views: 691 (247 during voting)
Votes: 144
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.488
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.670
All over the place
by BJokerud

47th place with an
average vote of 5.6014

Views: 743 (237 during voting)
Votes: 143
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.641
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.587
Ode to Old
by Lydia

48th place with an
average vote of 5.5867

Views: 1001 (297 during voting)
Votes: 150
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.415
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.651
Beneath the Powerlines
by benfica

49th place with an
average vote of 5.5764

Views: 833 (248 during voting)
Votes: 144
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.268
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.699
Outback Lifeline
by Judi

50th place with an
average vote of 5.5486

Views: 835 (243 during voting)
Votes: 144
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.220
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.680
Tethered Titans
by picklenose

51st place with an
average vote of 5.5282

Views: 752 (258 during voting)
Votes: 142
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.325
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.608
High voltage sky
by Keeper

52nd place with an
average vote of 5.5139

Views: 660 (228 during voting)
Votes: 144
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.200
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.635
Let There Be Light
by outofthisnature

53rd place with an
average vote of 5.4867

Views: 680 (264 during voting)
Votes: 150
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.256
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.568
Rural Sentinel
by Ter

54th place with an
average vote of 5.4726

Views: 675 (264 during voting)
Votes: 146
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.191
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.587
Looming Lines
by MilaMiles

55th place with an
average vote of 5.4676

Views: 712 (245 during voting)
Votes: 139
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.475
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.465
Towing the Line
by Kelli

56th place with an
average vote of 5.4375

Views: 615 (236 during voting)
Votes: 144
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.225
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.519
Iron Castle
by ChikaZAWa

57th place with an
average vote of 5.4014

Views: 597 (262 during voting)
Votes: 147
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.175
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.486
evening power
by Connor

58th place with an
average vote of 5.3776

Views: 595 (222 during voting)
Votes: 143
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.275
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.418
The Powerline Sentinals
by unbreakable

59th place with an
average vote of 5.3357

Views: 645 (243 during voting)
Votes: 140
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.237
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.373
Casting the Nets
by mindbottling

60th place with an
average vote of 5.3169

Views: 725 (221 during voting)
Votes: 142
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.180
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.369
Powerline Geometry
by davidw

61st place with an
average vote of 5.2727

Views: 912 (237 during voting)
Votes: 143
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.282
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.269
Place to Rest
by dtremain

62nd place with an
average vote of 5.2671

Views: 755 (253 during voting)
Votes: 146
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.050
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.349
Electric Blue Moon
by smichener

63rd place with an
average vote of 5.2609

Views: 961 (232 during voting)
Votes: 138
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.000
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.367
Freeway Sentinels
by jomari

64th place with an
average vote of 5.1367

Views: 842 (223 during voting)
Votes: 139
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.051
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.170
Danger of Death
by paynekj

65th place with an
average vote of 5.1301

Views: 617 (222 during voting)
Votes: 146
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.905
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.221
The Heart of the Beast
by DCNUTTER

66th place with an
average vote of 5.1127

Views: 729 (226 during voting)
Votes: 142
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.000
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.157
RUNNING WITH THE CURRENT
by rembo

67th place with an
average vote of 5.1034

Views: 639 (290 during voting)
Votes: 145
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.925
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.171
Rural Electric
by bcrants

68th place with an
average vote of 5.0966

Views: 632 (240 during voting)
Votes: 145
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.048
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.117
Powerline at dusk
by larryb52

69th place with an
average vote of 5.0714

Views: 710 (223 during voting)
Votes: 140
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.950
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.120
Westward Ho
by tvsometime

70th place with an
average vote of 5.0699

Views: 619 (229 during voting)
Votes: 143
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.049
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.078
On the Grid
by fldave

71st place with an
average vote of 5.0276

Views: 729 (230 during voting)
Votes: 145
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.732
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.144
Substation Detail
by franktheyank

72nd place with an
average vote of 5.0208

Views: 604 (235 during voting)
Votes: 144
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.846
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.086
On the Grid
by Leo

73rd place with an
average vote of 5.0072

Views: 721 (233 during voting)
Votes: 138
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.973
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.020
Electrified Moon
by GeneralE

74th place with an
average vote of 5.0069

Views: 972 (301 during voting)
Votes: 144
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.949
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.029
Lines in the Sky
by denbote

75th place with an
average vote of 4.9862

Views: 675 (259 during voting)
Votes: 145
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.976
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.990
I've got connections
by sceneit

76th place with an
average vote of 4.9658

Views: 896 (257 during voting)
Votes: 146
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.000
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.952
Power to the People
by Ammie

77th place with an
average vote of 4.9530

Views: 749 (228 during voting)
Votes: 149
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.925
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.963
mainline
by Car54

78th place with an
average vote of 4.9184

Views: 674 (246 during voting)
Votes: 147
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.077
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.861
Suburban Sky
by tinkie2010

79th place with an
average vote of 4.9167

Views: 762 (238 during voting)
Votes: 144
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.750
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.981
The forest
by Rino63

80th place with an
average vote of 4.8966

Views: 697 (255 during voting)
Votes: 145
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.781
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.942
X Power
by Muskybuck

81st place with an
average vote of 4.8392

Views: 805 (233 during voting)
Votes: 143
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.821
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.846
Old Power Pole
by SoulJance

82nd place with an
average vote of 4.8069

Views: 825 (227 during voting)
Votes: 145
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.925
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.762
winter force
by posthumous

83rd place with an
average vote of 4.6783

Views: 732 (231 during voting)
Votes: 143
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.732
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.657
Voltage Drop
by Woodie

84th place with an
average vote of 4.5929

Views: 652 (253 during voting)
Votes: 140
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.610
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.586
Powerlines: Electric & Esoteric
by 777STAN

85th place with an
average vote of 4.5278

Views: 859 (229 during voting)
Votes: 144
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.525
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.529
Tentacles
by hajeka

86th place with an
average vote of 3.7857

Views: 867 (236 during voting)
Votes: 140
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.000
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 3.706
Land of the Wazir
by aznym

87th place with an
average vote of 3.6939

Views: 1169 (247 during voting)
Votes: 147
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 3.750
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 3.673
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Tower of Power
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